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Winston Wells

@wellswx.bsky.social

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Trained spotter and storm chaser since 2004. I document my storm chases here. Professor of Political Science, Illinois College. UCLA PhD

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Winston Wells @wellswx.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Lots of failures and lessons here. From NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/u...

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County Emergency Official Says He Was Ill and Sleeping as Texas Floods Hit

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Winston Wells @wellswx.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

About as supercellular as it got yesterday. Northwest of Osage, IA. 6/25/25 #iawx Rinse and repeat today.

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Winston Wells @wellswx.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Here's Sam Anderson's excellent 2013 profile of Gary England in the NYT Magazine, which was published a couple of months after Moore and El Reno: www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/m...

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The Weather God of Oklahoma City (Gift Article)

You know a storm is going to be bad, people in Oklahoma will tell you, when Gary England removes his jacket.

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brettjrob.bsky.social @brettjrob.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Slapout, OK, supercell from the evening of Wed 5/28, right before it bowed out too much to fit in my 14mm frame.

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Winston Wells @wellswx.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

35 minutes of radio traffic of the emergency response to the Joplin, MO 5/22/11 tornado. A remarkable - and chilling - listen. youtu.be/S6RQ5qeO96k?...

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Joplin Tornado. Emergency Services Radio. BEST QUALITY AUDIO. EF5 Tornado 22nd May 2011

YouTube video by Tornado Stories

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Aryn Braun @arynbraun.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Looking to talk to current or former federal workers at NOAA for a story for The Economist. Please share far and wide! I’m on signal at abraun.99

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Winston Wells @wellswx.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

WaPo article on cuts at the National Weather Center and affiliated offices - full text here: wapo.st/4jBaFhl

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Forecasters fear job cuts in severe weather season could be devastating

In Tornado Alley, meteorologists say the Trump administration’s efforts could endanger the warning system residents rely on for safety.

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Winston Wells @wellswx.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

I've taught international trade theory to undergrads for nearly 30 years. For my friends in the weather enterprise who might be unsure just how crazy Trump's tariffs are, start with Hurricane Dorian Sharpie-gate and 2014 "Tornado Wall" physicist levels of craziness and go up from there.

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Climatologist49 @climatologist49.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

The snow forecast for Mt. Marcus Baker during an atmospheric river never disappoints. ❄️

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Winston Wells @wellswx.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Migrating from Twitter. For my first post on Bluesky, two of my favorite shots from last year's chase season (5/21/24 Houghton, IA and 7/1/24 Ragan, NE).

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